Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-05 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Randy, I know very few situations where we can have "optimal settings" as a rule. IMHO, in your case, there is a lot of variables that should be considered when deciding about which "Max Bandwith" value should be used. Such as: amount of RAM, amount of CPU, how many KVM VMs, how many traffic

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-04 Thread Randy Katz
My original question, is anyone using Max Bandwidth successfully and what are YOUR optimal settings? This is in the context of having multiple KVM VMs backing up from a node. If you are not using Max Bandwidth then this question is not for you. Thanks! As for looking into ethtool, subtracting the

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-04 Thread Heitor Faria
value for Maximum Bandwidth. It will all depend of the network demand of your applications. Regards, > From: "Heitor Faria" > To: "Randy Katz" > Cc: "Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net" > Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 12:11:26 AM > Subject: Re:

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-04 Thread Heitor Faria
> > I am having the issue that servers that have multiple KVM VM's that are > > being backed up > > are throttling the servers resources and bringing it to a crawl. >> I'm assuming you are referring to the machine CPU high usage bottleneck. >> Are you using compression? If yes NEVER use a higher t

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-04 Thread Randy Katz
> I am having the issue that servers that have multiple KVM VM's that are > being backed up > are throttling the servers resources and bringing it to a crawl. > I'm assuming you are referring to the machine CPU high usage bottleneck. > Are you using compression? If yes NEVER use a higher than 6 gzi

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-04 Thread Heitor Faria
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Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-04 Thread Heitor Faria
>> There are hosts with 100Mb and 1000Mb adapters in the mix. 100 MB sux. =) >> On 2/3/2016 1:00 AM, Randy Katz wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I am having the issue that servers that have multiple KVM VM's that are >> > being backed up >> > are throttling the servers resources and bringing it to a crawl.

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-04 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Randy, I was talking about your backup windows (the period of time you have to run your backups). Since you´re having problems with your servers running out of resources (basically bandwidth), I suppose you´re running backups during intensive use of your servers. If this is the problem, you

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-03 Thread Randy Katz
There are hosts with 100Mb and 1000Mb adapters in the mix. On 2/3/2016 1:00 AM, Randy Katz wrote: > Hi, > > I am having the issue that servers that have multiple KVM VM's that are > being backed up > are throttling the servers resources and bringing it to a crawl. I tried > staggering the Schedule

Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum Bandwidth Per Job Question

2016-02-03 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Randy, Could you please give us more information, such as your backup window per client? It will depende a lot of your backup window and the free bandwidth you need for other applications. Best regards, Ana On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Randy Katz wrote: > Hi, > > I am having the issu